Valve.



J. KELLY.

VALVE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 27, 1912.

1, 1 1 1,390. Patented sept. 22, 1914.

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Ienn anni' en cnicaeojitirums.

a. j TeaM whom mmf concern i e itvlnnown that I, JGHN'KELLY, a citi- Zeiif offlthe' AUnited l States, residing 'at Ohicagoin the county-oi @ook and Stateof e illinois have invented a: new and useful Improvement in. Valves, ot-wliich the iollowing is a specification. Y

My object is to provide improvements in valves, and incre `especially faucet valves, to` thefend of rendering. thein less liable to impairment from use, than in 4.the .case of vztl-ves asV hitherto provided., minimizing danger ot leakage` and i p ermitting them to be readily andl quickly repaired whenwdamaged, and generally to render thein 'better My invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, `in whichs- Figurejl is' al View inwlongtitudinal sectional-elevation of a `faucet;eonsgtructed` in 'accordance with my invention, the partsjnot the valve illustrated `be-ing y shown yin elevation. `Fig. 2 is an enlarged section/.taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 vand viewed in the directionof the arrow."` Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectio-n taken at the line 3 .onlFig 1 and viewed in the direction i. of the arrow;

and Fig. 4, a developed view of acage form-` ing va part ofthe valve structure illustratedl in the Vprevious figures, `the cage being vviewed from'the interiorfthereof.

The faucet illustrated in the drawings is formed of a' casing y5, provided between its inlet end 6 and dischargeendn7, `with an angular partitionjS, the longtitudinally-eX- a. y y l is formed with a tubular section 13', which is located above the portion'Q of the partending portion 9 thereotfcontaining an opening 10, the-upperportionof which is of enlarged diameter,` as represented at'l'i,` to aford an annular seat 12. The .casing tition 8 and isin communication with the discharge end 47 of the faucet, and preferably is concentric relative to the,l opening 10. Located in the'section 13 of the'casing 5 is "a cage 14 whichis spaced fromthe annular wall of the section 13 and contains openings 15 about its .outer periphery which cornmunicate withfanendless cam-groove on its i inner periphery, thereby alfording at` all times communication between the interior of the cage and the discharge end 7 of the casing 5.- The cage 14 seatsat4 `itslower open end upon anjannular gasket 17, rest-v ing upon the seatv 12, and is held firmly in specification of letterslatent.

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position against rotation bynieans 'of an apertured plug 18wh1ch -screws into the upper end of thesection 13 ot the casing,

andbears "downagainst the upper end oi the cage 14.; By this arrangement, the cage 14 and gasket 17 are rigidly clamped between the seat 12 and the plugl 18;,{11and a water-tight joint between these 'partsfis afford-ed. Cop'erati-ng with the wallof the opening 19in the gasket 17, 'said opening being of less diameter-than theopening 10, is an uipwardlyseating valve 20, carried on the lower end of a stein 21,wliich extends through said gasket, the cage `14, and

through. astu'lh'ng-box 22, in the pluglS',

theupper end ofthe steni`21 beingprovided with hand-wheel23. The steinr 2'1 is of such size as to cause it toffee spaced ifromfthe wall of the opening in" the gasket and the inner surfaceot the `cage 14, whereby when `the valve 20 soper'- ated, as hereinafter described, to inoveit y out of engagement with thegasket117,the vtliiidwill flow from the end 6 of the casing through the gasket and cage and kout through the openings 16 and 15 into the discharge end7 of the casing. Y a The valve 2O is actuated to open it against the fluid pressure or close it with said pressure, as desired,by rotating the stem 21,

and to this end the latter is provided with a i radially extending pin 24, which extends into the cam-groove 16 and engages with the walls thereof,` the groove 16 being formed with a double incline 25, 26, and preferably with flatysurfaces 27 and28 at the upper and lower ends of said inclines, whereby the vstern`21 may be rotated in either direction to actuate the valve 20. y

In order that the continuous cam-groove 16 may be provided in the cage 14 I prefer to form the latter of an outer cylindrical section 29, which contains the openings 15,

and short tube sections 30 and 31, preferably 1anged,as indicated at 32, and tting within, and secured to, Vthe section 29, as byv solder, the opposing ends of the tube sections 30 and 31 being spaced apart and so shaped as represented, as to form between Athem theI endless can1-groove 16.

It will `be understood from the foregoing that the stem' 21 may be rota-ted in either direction to open or close the valve 20and is capable of continuous rotation in either dil'rection, for actuating saidvalve, by reason ofthe provision of the endless cam-groove -valve coperating with 16 in which the `pin 24e4 travels land thus danger of unscrewing, or 'bucking the arts of the valve or straining the handv of the i operator is avoided.

of'my invention, the valve, -by reason of the shape and formation of said groove, is caused to remain in any position into which it is moved by-actuatingthe stem, as distinguished fromvalves which automatically move to closed condition when released. Y

Vhenrepairs to the interior of the valve are required to be made, it may be quickly and readily removed from the casing by unscr-ewiii'g the plug 18 therefrom.

lVhat'I-claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1..A*; valve device l comprising a casing containing a valve-seat, a cage in said casingvformed of an outer apertured cylindrical member opening through said valve-seat and into the casing beyond said seat and tubular sections secured in said member and spaced apart at their opposingends to form av continuous cam-groove therebetween, a said 4'seat and equippedwith an operating stem `extending, through said cage and casing,v and apin on sail-s'tem extending into for vthepurposesetforth.k

9 ^1` valve device comprising a casing `cmitaining an aperturedfpartition, a gasket fitting against said partition and about the opening thereinto form a valve-seat, acage; in said casing having anopening lnone endv thereof at which endit` bears against said gasket and registers withthe opening in the latter, said cage being formed of inner tubular members and anfo'uter; ,tubular mem# said cam-groove,

ber. Ysaidv outer member being'apertured and said inner members 'being zspaced apart, at

their opposing ends f 'tol for1n Van endless' cam-groove therebetween and cominumcat A` ing with 'the apertures in said outer tubular member, a plug onthe"y casing bearing Vagainst the other end ofthe cage,a valve cooperating withsaid' seat 'and-I closing in the direction of the owfof the Huid throughY said-Leasing, the 4stemof said valve extending throughvsaid gasket, cage Vand plug and journaled in the-latterpand a ,pin on said stem extending into said 'cam-groove, for, l thepurposeset forth.. -1 f f' n JOHN KELLY(-v .ln presence-off" y .GTTILIE GaAvIsUsp L; HEIsLAR.

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